Fastening device.



H. K. LEONARD.

FASTENING DEVICE.

(Application'flled Mar. 20, 1899.)

(No Model.)

Patented l une 27, I899.

a citizen of the United States of America, re-

UNITED STATES .ATENT Fries.

IIARSEY KING LEONARD, OF MONTROSE, PENNSYLVANIA.

FAS TENING DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 627,808, dated June 27, 1899.

Application filed March 20, 1899. Serial No. 709,795. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HARSEY KING LEONARD,

siding at Montrose, in the county of Susquehanna and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fastening Devices, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in fastening devices, the object being to provide a simple and effective means of fastening or connecting articles together, and it may be applied to an unlimited variety of devices requiring such fastening. For instance, in the art of dressmaking it could be substituted for the ordinary hook and eye, as it affords a fastening which will not accidentally unhook, which unhooking is an objection prevalent with all hooks'and eyes now in use. It is also applicable to the various parts of a harness where a snap-hook or a buckle is or- .dinarilyemployed. It is equally applicable.

tothe ends of a belt. Likewise,itcould be used to attach or hang any article to a belt, such as a watch, shopping-bag, revolver, sword, bayonet, chatelaine, or What not; also, to attach a chain for eyeglasses or clinical thermometer to the vest or other garment. In

like manner it may be employed to fasten.

ladies wraps or cloaks at the neck or waist. In short, the present invention is one capable of an endless variety of application, and further objects than those mentionedare to afford a coupling which can be quickly and easily coupled or uncoupled and one which will not accidentally become disengaged, as it will not unhook without the use of the hand.

It has the further object to provide a device which will have no sharp points to tear the clothing; and, still further, it is an object to provide an ornamental and artistic device which can be cheaply and easilymade to withstand any strain required of it.

With the foregoing objects in view my invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations of parts,which will be more fully described hereinafter and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a view showing the parts coupled, Fig. 2 showing them uncoupled; and Figs. 3, 4, 5, and 6 are modifications.

I hooks and eyes are employed.

A and B represent the two parts of the fastening device, which for convenience may be designated the hook and eye, respectively. Referring first to the hook, it consists, preferably, of a single piece of wire of any size or material bent substantially as indicatedthat is to say, the wire is bent at the middle to form the guard 1, thence the wire is bent forwardly at both sides of the center, then down and back beneath the central portion 1 and terminating in the shank 2, which may be formed into a loop or any other connecting means whereby it is secured to the article to which the fastening is to be applied. The wire of the hook may be solidly formed at the back throughout its length, as in Fig. 3, or at intervals, as in Fig. 4. Referring now to the eye, it consists also of a single wire bent to form an elongated loop, which may be closed at both ends or open at the end which terminates in its shank 3 for attaching it to the article to which it is applied. To give angles as the first act in hooking or coupling and the last act in uncoupling or unhooking. In other words, the loop is turned so that it first passes entirely over the hook in a position at right angles thereto. Then the parts are turned to their normal positions with respect to each other, and they slip intothe position shown in Fig. 1, and it will be observed that so long as thisrelative' position of the parts is maintained the separation of the hook and eye is aphysical impossibility. No matter whether they are held tightly or whether they are slackened the effect is the same, and it is only when theirrelations are changed to one at right angles to each other that'an unfastening or uncoupling can be efis shown more particularlyapplicable to use upon dresses or garments where ordinary The loop'may be open at the cloth end, so that it can be spread easily and slightly, thus making it unnecessary to twist it around to a position at right angles to receive the hook. In this form the loop or eye can be rolled over one lay of the hook and then the other.

By making the hook nearly square-that is, by shortening it from front to back in the axis of the loops-the eye may be rolled over and engaged from the side even when closed at the end. This is important, as it obviates the necessityv for so much slack, it not being necessary to place the eye at right angles to engage the hook. t

It is evident that other slight changes might be resorted toin the form and arrangement of the several parts described without de' parting from the spirit and scope of my invention, and hence I do not wish to limit myself to the exact construction herein set forth; but,

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. As an article of manufacture, a fastening device consisting of two members, one of which is in the form of an eye or loop and the other in the form of a hook, the hook 0011- sisting of a central shank, sides extending from the free end of the shank outwardly so that the width of the hook is greater than the width of the loop or eye, said sides finally extending backward and a guard extending to form an obtuse angle at or near its outerend, of a book of greater width than. the eye or loop, said hook consisting of a shank, a cross-guard and sides extending from the ends of the guard across to the other side of the shank and thence finally terminating in the outer end of the shank.

l-IARSEY KING LEONARD. In presence of WM. D. B. AINEY, FRANCES K. AMMERMAN. 

